"Americans are on track with their spending plans for the year and may even feel the financial freedom to spend more this year than they had anticipated," said David Rabkin, SVP U.S. Consumer Lending Products, American Express. … The American Express …

“Not only have shopping malls fallen out of favor, but specialty stores have risen in prominence as shoppers have gravitated toward curated selections or category killers with an expertise in a particular product,” the two Goldman analysts wrote in the …

A whole swath of social problems get worse in societies with bigger income differences between rich and poor: all kinds of diseases and mental illness, violence, low math and literacy scores among youth, drug abuse, lower social mobility and more …

But in just 20 years, India's gross domestic product (GDP) would grow sevenfold, with annual economic growth hitting 9 percent by 2007. India, long considered the world's …. This money piled up not just because the Chinese are such religious savers …

Bed Bath & Beyond's growth is mainly attributable to growing consumer spending on home related products driven by the improving housing industry. The specialty retailer offers a wide range products that attract affluent as well as cost-conscious customers.

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Hutchison China Meditech. The business is focused primarily on China and as the Chinese population becomes more affluent there is a significant upturn in those signing up for medical insurance and also spending by the government on national healthcare …